Manifolding



May 23, 1939- c, w. BRENN 2,159,500

MANI FOLDI NG Filed Sept. 12, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Fig. J.

I NVLIY TOR May 23, 1939- c. wl BRENN 2,159,500

MANIFOLDING Filed Sept. 12, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. ('cr! [IfV ji nav/1) Patented May 23, 1939 VPATENT OFFICE MANIFOLDING Application September 12, 1929, Serial No. 392,006

16 Claims.

This invention relates to manifolding, and more particularly, to a pack of worksheets to be used in making original and duplicates thereof.

In my copending application, Serial No. 221,912, filed September 26, 1927, there is disclosed a manifolding pack having means for holding a pluralitg,V of superposed worksheets with interleaved carbon sheets in accurate registration preparatory to, and during the operation of, typew'iting on the strips, the strips being continuous and comprising a succession of printed forms and being folded zig-zag at form-length intervals to form a pack. The said means for holding the strips in my said application were so disposed with relation to the line of severance between forms as to be rendered inoperative when the pile of strips were severed so as to produce a plurality of sheets of form-length after the typewriting operation was performed.

With some kinds of work, it is desired to complete the filling-in of some of the forms after a sct of forms has been separated from the strips. Heretofore, this has necessitated the collaton and alignment of the forms to be written upon and their carbon sheets unless the worksheet strips and carbonsheet strips were formed of one Web folded longitudinally which is not always feasible and which adds to the cost.

A feature of the present invention is the pro- 1:0 vision of means for separately holding together the group of individual printed worksheets and their carbons which are to be written upon after they have been severed from the strips, independently of the means which holds all of the strips 35 of the pile together so that when a set of superposed forms is severed from the strips, those forms and their carbons which are to be further written upon are held together while the others and their carbons will be free or separate to be 40 filed or otherwise disposed of.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the aceompanying drawings which illustrate one embodiment of this invention, that at 45 present preferred- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a manifolding pack made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudlnal section taken through the pile of worksheets of which the pack in Fig. 1 50 is formed.

Fig. 3 is a transverse Sectional view taken on line 3-3 and showing the means for holding the sub-group together independently of the other strips.

Fig. 4 is a transverse Sectional view taken on the line l-l of Fig. 1, showing the means for holding all of the strips of the pile together.

Fig. 5 is a view showing all of the strips held together by the staples which are located in the heading of the forms. 5

Fig. 6 is a longitudlnal section of the pack shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken onthe line 1-1 Fig. 5.

'Fig. 8 is a plan view of one of the ntermediate strips on the pack shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 9 is a similar View of one of the outside strips, i. e., either the top or bottom strip.

Fig. 10 is a Sectional view of another modified form of the invention.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the manifolding pile comprises a plurality of superposed continuous worksheets l0 each of which may have a continuous succession of printed forms l I. Interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips l0 is a carbon strip I2, so that writing performed on the top strip I0 will be reproduced on the under strips Ill through the medium of the carbon strips l2.

To receive said writing operations, the worksheet strips Ili are placed in proper superposed relation one above the other with the printed forms il on one strip registering with those on the other strip or strips.

To hold the worksheet strips IO in said proper superposed registering relation and to hold the carbon strips in their proper positions relative to the worksheet strips after the strips are superposed, they are secured together by suitable means placed at intervals along the pile of strips. Preferably, these means comprise staples l3 which extend through all of the strips of the pile and have their legs Il bent over at one side to hold the staples in place against removal.

After a set of forms on the worksheet strips Ill has been written upon, it is severed from the succeeding set in the pile of strips along lines of perforations l5, separating one form thereon from the next, and, in the form shown herein, being constituted by perforations iS.

So that the staples i! will become successively inoperative to hold the remaining strips of the pile together, or to hold the severed sets together as set after set of forms have been written upon and severed from the pile, the staples l3 are preferably located directly on the lines of severance l5, so that, by tearing the strips of the pile along a line of severance l5, the staple on that line will become detached from both the severed form and the adjacent ends of the strips. 55

This permits the written forms to be handled as desired, and to be distributed to different points as well as permitting the resulting carbon sheets to be taken from between the worksheets without the necessity of performing any operation other than severlng the strips into formlengths.

The pile of strips ill is usually initially written upon in a typewriting machine where all the writing which can be performed at that time is accomplished. However, in some instances, especially in connection with public service work, lt is desired to perform further writing on certain of the forms l i at a later time, for instance, to report what was done in accordance with the orders which may be written on the typewriter. Heretofore, it was necessary to pin, or otherwise fasten, together those of the forms with their interleaved carbon sheets which were to be subsequently written upon to keep them in registration to receive these subsequent writing operations.

In accordance with the present invention, however, these forms which are to be subsequently written upon are initially, that is to say, when the pile of strips is manufactured, fastened together by suitable means. Preferably, these suitable means comprise wire staples ll which, in the form shown in Fig. 2, secure worksheet strips Hla, lllb and lilc together with their interleaved carbon strips and leave the strip ifld with its overlying carbon strip unattached by the staple il.

Hence, when the pile of. strips Ill is severed along the lines of severance li, the staple l3 becomes inoperative to hold the strips llla, lflb. illc and ltd together and leaves the severed forms of the strip illd with its overlying carbon free of the strips lila, lilb and lllc, so that the form of the strip llla may be filed away, its carbon strip destroyed, and the forms of the strips llla, lllb and lilc held together with their interleaved carbon sheets by the staple IT and in proper alignment so that writing performed at certain places on the top form will be reproduced on exactly the same place on the under forms.

After the forms on the strips iOa, lllb and lllc have received their final writing operations, it is desired to separate them, remove the carbon strips from between them, and distribute them to various places. To permit this to be done without necessitating the straightening out of the legs IO of the staple ll, the strips held together by the staple l1 are provided with a short line of perforatlons lil extended beyond both legs of the staple i'l. Thus, to separate these forms, it is merely necessary to pull them apart one at a time, tearing the sheet along the line of perforations IS.

Thus, it will be seen, the present invention provides a manifolding pile having two separate means for holding the strips together, one of said means holding a group of strips together and the other of the means holding all of the strips together, so that at two separate times and under two difi'erent conditions the strips held together may receive writing operations.

This invention also embraces the provision of the staple in the body of the form-that is to say, so that all of the forms are held together by the staple as shown in Figs. to 9, inclusive. In this form of the invention, the staple Ill is located adjacent the line of perforatlons ii but not on it. Thus, when a set of written forms are torn from the pile of strips along the line of perforatlons ll. a complete booklet is provided which may receive further writing operations and transfer these operations to the undercopies through the intermediate carbon sheets.

In practice. this booklet is passed along from station to station in the routing of the work and at some of the stations one of the strips ila. llo, ilo, or illd is removed.

To permit any one of these strips to be removed from the pile, the intervening strips iflb and l0c are provided with additional lines of perforatlons 'M just below the staple 20, and the strip to be removed may be torn along the line of perforatlons Il for that purpose. The top and bottom strips Ina and llld need not have perforatlons similar to theperforations 2i because these may be torn oif directly from the staples, and to facilitate this, the strips llla and Nd may have short lines of perforatlons 22 on which the staple 20 lies, as indicated in Fig. 9, like the perforatlons is for the staple H in the form of the invention shown in Flgs. 1 to 4.

By not having the line of 'perforatlons 2l on the top and bottom strips ita and lild, danger of the pile of strips being torn along the line of perforatlons 2l instead` of the line of perforatlons II is avoided. To further avoid this, the intervenlng carbon strips i2a, i2b and I2c may be prepared without the lines of perforatlons 2I, as shown in Fig. 10.

variations and modifications may be made within the scope of this invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to obtain Letters Patent, is:

1. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; means located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of severance for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of severance of the several strips in registration, until the pile is severed along said lines to remove a set of written forms; means located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation, said second-named means being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and sheet weakening means in the worksheets whereby one may be separated from the others of the worksheets constituting the group which is secured together by the second-named means.

2. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each haying a succession of forms or. sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; means located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of severance for securing all of the strips of the pile together'in desired relation with the linesof severance of the several strips in registration, until the pile is severed along said lines; and means located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation, said second-named means being located between the successive lines of severance sO as tO hold certain of the worksheets and interieaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips.

3. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of severance for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of severance of the several strips in registration, until the pile is severed along said lines; and means located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation, said means being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon together after the set of form-lengths has been severed from the superposed strips.

4. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; means located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of severance for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of severance of the several strips in registration, until the pile is severed along said lines; and staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation. said staples being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon together after the set of form-lengths has been severed from the superposed strips.

5. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent woorksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of severance for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of severance of the several strips in registration, until the pile is severed along said lines; and other staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation, said other staples being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips.

6. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of severance for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of severance of the several strips in registration, until said pile is severed along said lines; other staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation, said other staples being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and sheet weakening means in the worksheets whereby one may be separated from the others of the worksheets constituting the group which is secured together by the secondnamed staples.

7. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; means located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of severance for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of severance of the several strips in registration. until the pile is severed along said lines; staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation. said staples being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and lines of perforations in the worksheets constituting the group which is secured together by the second-named staples on which lines the latter are located and along which said worksheets may be torn from the staple.

8. A maniiolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of perforations; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips: staples located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of perforations for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of perforations of the several strips in registration, until the pile is severed along said lines; and means located at intervals alongr the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation, said means being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips.

9. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous Worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of perforations; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of superposed strips at the lines of perforations for securing all of the strips of the pile together in desired relation with the lines of perforations of the several strips in registration, until the pile is severed along said lines; other staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together in desired relation, said other staples being located between the successive lines of perforations so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the. severance of the set of formlengths from the superposed strips; and other lines of perforations in the worksheets constituting the group which is secured together by the second-named staples on which lines the latter are located and along which said worksheets may be torn from the staples.

10. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing the said strips together in desired relation, said stapies being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of a set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and short lines of perforations in the said worksheets which are secured together by the stapies on which the latter are located and terminating a short distance from the both sides of the staples along which said worksheets may be torn from the staples.

ll. A manifolding pile .comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing the said strips together in desired relation, said staples being iocated between the successive lines of severance so as to hold the worksheets and interleaved carbon coliated together subsequent to the severance of a set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and lines of perforations in the said worksheets which are secured together by the staples on which the latter are located and along which said worksheets may be torn from the staples.

12. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of vcontinuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; means located along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together ln desired relation, said means being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips: and sheet weakening means on the worksheets whereby one of said worksheets may be separated from the others.

13. A manifolding pile comprising a pluraiity of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staple: located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing the said strips together in desired relation. said staples being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold the worksheets and interleaved carbon coilated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and lines of perforations extending across said worksheets from edge to edge and located between said staples and the ends of the forms along which the form may be torn to permit its removal from the set held together by the staple, the portion of the worksheet remaining constituting a stub which remains engaged by the staple.

14. Superposed record strips and interposed carbon strips divided at lntervais by registered weakening lines to form successive sets of record and transfer sheets, at least two of the record sheets of a set each having a suppiementary weakening line forming a marginal detachable portion. the sheets of a set being fastened together by securing means located within the bounderies of said detachable portion.

15. Superposed record strips and a transfer strip between the adjacent record strips, said strips being divided into successive manifolding sets of sheets by transverse registered weakening lines, fastening means securing said set of sheets together along an edge thereof, selected ones only of said sheets having supplementary weakened severance lines extending parallel with and adjacent said secured edge of the set of sheets and forming homologous sheet edges when severed along said lines, while the remaining sheet or sheets have unweakened portions in line with said supplementary lines of severance.

16. Superposed record strips and interleaved transfer strips divided at intervals by registered transverse weakening lines to form sets of interleaved record and transfer sheets, selected ones only of said sheets having at one edge of the set of sheets finger-grip areas extending inwardly from said edge of the set of sheets and defined by lines of severance including a. weakened severing line While the remaining sheet or sheets of the set are free of such lines of severance at corresponding parts thereof, and fastening means located in said finger-grip areas for securing the sheets of the set together.

CARL W. BRENN.

Disclaimer 2,l59,500.-Crl W. Brenn, Montclair, N. J. Msmronnme. Ifatent dated Ma;7 23, 1939. Disclaimer filed May 12, 1950, by the assignee, Autographw Register Company.

Hereb enters this disclaimer to claims 14, 15, and 16 of said patent.

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lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing the said strips together in desired relation, said stapies being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of a set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and short lines of perforations in the said worksheets which are secured together by the stapies on which the latter are located and terminating a short distance from the both sides of the staples along which said worksheets may be torn from the staples.

ll. A manifolding pile .comprising a plurality of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staples located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing the said strips together in desired relation, said staples being iocated between the successive lines of severance so as to hold the worksheets and interleaved carbon coliated together subsequent to the severance of a set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and lines of perforations in the said worksheets which are secured together by the staples on which the latter are located and along which said worksheets may be torn from the staples.

12. A manifolding pile comprising a plurality of vcontinuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; means located along the pile of strips for securing less than the total number of strips together ln desired relation, said means being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold certain of the worksheets and interleaved carbon collated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips: and sheet weakening means on the worksheets whereby one of said worksheets may be separated from the others.

13. A manifolding pile comprising a pluraiity of continuous worksheet strips each having a succession of forms or sheet lengths separated by lines of severance; a continuous carbon sheet interleaved between each two adjacent worksheet strips; staple: located at intervals along the pile of strips for securing the said strips together in desired relation. said staples being located between the successive lines of severance so as to hold the worksheets and interleaved carbon coilated together subsequent to the severance of the set of form-lengths from the superposed strips; and lines of perforations extending across said worksheets from edge to edge and located between said staples and the ends of the forms along which the form may be torn to permit its removal from the set held together by the staple, the portion of the worksheet remaining constituting a stub which remains engaged by the staple.

14. Superposed record strips and interposed carbon strips divided at lntervais by registered weakening lines to form successive sets of record and transfer sheets, at least two of the record sheets of a set each having a suppiementary weakening line forming a marginal detachable portion. the sheets of a set being fastened together by securing means located within the bounderies of said detachable portion.

15. Superposed record strips and a transfer strip between the adjacent record strips, said strips being divided into successive manifolding sets of sheets by transverse registered weakening lines, fastening means securing said set of sheets together along an edge thereof, selected ones only of said sheets having supplementary weakened severance lines extending parallel with and adjacent said secured edge of the set of sheets and forming homologous sheet edges when severed along said lines, while the remaining sheet or sheets have unweakened portions in line with said supplementary lines of severance.

16. Superposed record strips and interleaved transfer strips divided at intervals by registered transverse weakening lines to form sets of interleaved record and transfer sheets, selected ones only of said sheets having at one edge of the set of sheets finger-grip areas extending inwardly from said edge of the set of sheets and defined by lines of severance including a. weakened severing line While the remaining sheet or sheets of the set are free of such lines of severance at corresponding parts thereof, and fastening means located in said finger-grip areas for securing the sheets of the set together.

CARL W. BRENN.

Disclaimer 2,l59,500.-Crl W. Brenn, Montclair, N. J. Msmronnme. Ifatent dated Ma;7 23, 1939. Disclaimer filed May 12, 1950, by the assignee, Autographw Register Company.

Hereb enters this disclaimer to claims 14, 15, and 16 of said patent.

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